Eagles

Jalen Carter Saved Everyone’s Bacon, More Than Once

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jan 19th, 2025 · 6:38 PM EST

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Jalen Carter legacy game. Five tackles, five pressures, two sacks, three QB hits, a batted pass, a forced fumble, and the fourth down pressure that ended the game:

4TH & 11: Jalen Carter (@breadmanjalen) brought the pressure again and forced Stafford to make a throw he didn’t want to make!

EAGLES BALL!!! pic.twitter.com/KdSaBCAZaz

— 𝐃𝐈𝐄-𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 🦅 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 (@Eaglesfans9) January 19, 2025

This man saved everyone’s butt, on multiple occasions Sunday evening. The forced fumble took place after Jalen Hurts conceded the horrendous safety, which Isaiah Rodgers picked up and ran into the red zone. That was the catalyst for the Jake Elliott field goal that pushed the lead back to four. Then, when the Rams were driving at the end of the game, he sacked Matt Stafford on third down and came right down the middle again on the following play, and that was it.

He also barely came off the field, as has been the case all year:

Jalen Carter played 68 of 70 defensive snaps and was double-teamed on 26 of his 49 pass rushes against the Rams.

Carter forced a key third down sack on the Rams’ final drive, then forced a pressure on fourth down to clinch the game.#LARvsPHI | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/ZitGdVZjvr

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 19, 2025

What a player. A one-man wrecking ball on the interior. He’s already a top-five defensive tackle in year two, maybe top three depending who you ask.